Anderson Publishes Book on Philosophical Themes in Moby Dick

Philosophy Department Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy Mark Anderson’s book, Moby-Dick as Philosophy: Plato – Melville – Nietzsche was published in October. The book is an exploration of philosophical themes in Melville’s Moby-Dick reminiscent of ideas in Plato’s dialogues (the Phaedo in particular) and anticipating ideas commonly associated with Nietzsche.